Geek and Fandom Events in BC and Washington State
The CW has released the first trailer for The Arrow, and show looks like an awesome way to spend a school night. Many people were afraid that just because the Green Arrow was a lesser known superhero that the CW was just cashing in. It turns out that in this economy, nobody can afford to not think things through in television
Source: Topless Robot
I thought had heard the last of Vancouver’s foray into the realm of gossip porn, but alas it was not to be. An article from canada.com is championing the series for giving the BC film industry a new lease on life as productions move to Toronto and Australia. To top it off, we might be getting our own version of the Bachelor. So depressing. Is this what everyone going through VFS and Capilano right now is dying to produce? Are they spending two years and 5 figures learning how to create imaginary creatures who can act an emote just so they can edit together a bunch of harpies who can do neither?
I will say this about the Real Housewives: That show makes Vancouver look frakking gorgeous. If we had more shows making good use of those helicopter shots of the Sea to Sky, who’s to say we wouldn’t see more scripted television?
Source: Canada.com.
I’ve located a couple interesting sets of images from the set of Percy Jackson 2. Yvrshoots has some pics of the Camp Half-blood set caught under a torrential rainstorm, while Hollywood North on Location ‘s shots are depicting pure fun in the sun. It just goes to show you that Vancouver’s weather (and Zeus’ temperament for that matter) is cruel mistress indeed.
Sources: Hollywood North On Location and yvrshoots
Village Gamer has posted an infographic from app-promo.com on the realities mobile developers face when they bring their apps to market. Only 12% of apps earn $50,000 a year or more, and they each spend an average of $30,000 for marketing. With the current hype over Vancouver’s Mobile Market, how can smaller devs pay their way. Either there needs to be more Venture capital, or we have to put effort into building the local community.
Source: Village Gamer
The newly liquor licensed Rio Theatre is hosting the Critical Hit Show on Wednesday May 30th. Tickets are available for $6 at Brown Paper Tickets, and $8 at the door. Come and see Dungeons and Dragons as you have always known it: An exercise in improv comedy.
The Vancouver Comic Arts Festival was welcomed with gorgeous weather this Saturday. Northwest crowds now have a reputation for filling out events like this, and today was no exception. The convention floor was packed with attendees and exhibitors. The Yaletown Roundhouse was a great venue with a mixture of modern and historical decor. I saw and met many of my favourites here, but I also discovered comics that I had never heard of that are hits by any objective standard. It just goes to show how important these events are. Google’s pretty good, but it can’t introduce you to all these comics in one search query. I mean, how much is a Post-it comic like Savage Chickens going to have in common with a medieval comedy epic like Much the Miller’s Son? Hit the jump if you want to see more of pictures of the convention and the exhibitors.
Gateworld has released an exposé on the fate of another Stargate SG-1 Video game, Alliance. Stargate was licensed to Perception Studios to make a PC and Playstation 2 first person shooter. Unfortunately, the project fell apart in 2006, likely a casualty of the shaky transition between console generations. The game features voice work from the actual cast of the show, including the late Don S. Davis. Between this and the unfortunate Stargate Worlds MMO, it seems like so much money has been left on the table by MGM over Stargate. Then again, this may be an opportunity for the franchise to breath for while until we are ready to step through the gate once again.
Source:GateWorld
The Vancouver Comic Arts Festival is happening on May 25 and 26th at 181 Roundhouse Mews in Yaletown, Vancouver! There will be over 60 independent and webcomic artists in attendances, including Christopher Hart of The Adventures of Dr. McNinja and Camilla D’Errico of Tanpopo. Best of all, the price is FREE!!! Let’s see if we can break some fire codes here, fellow Raingeeks. This is the future of comics and pop culture. Come down and say hello!
Source: Vancouver Comic Arts Festival
SyFy had to make some difficult choices this season, and one of those was the cancellation of Amanda Tapping’s Sanctuary. The show will not air any new episodes past its 13 episode run that ended last december. Syfy will be replacing the show with their new “metaseries”, Defiance. Fortunately Tapping and crew won’t stay on the sidelines for long as the Canadian version of Primeval begins production this year.
Source: Hollywood Reporter.
Douglas Coupland, author of Generation X and J-Pod unveiled a new concept for urban wireless services at New Cities Summit in Paris last week. The V-Pole (As in Vancouver Pole) could provide cell phone service, city-wide wi-fi, and even electrical vehicle recharging using one modular design. Coupland says the design will streamline the ever-increasing number of wireless services in urban areas:
“In three years there will be 30 times more wireless data traffic than there is now,” said Coupland. “Unless we act quickly, our streets could be as cluttered as a kitchen junk drawer. No one wants that… This is an inevitable technology and a massive entrepreneurial opportunity,”
Vancouver Mayor Greg Roberts has expressed interest in the project. The fact that this technology even exists is cool enough. Having it in Vancouver would be even better! I just hope we don’t have to deal with the same kind of NIMBY people like we did with the BC hydro smart meters.
Source: Vancouver Courier
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